NameThatPlant.net: Gentianella quinquefolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentianella quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Stiff Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Flower color ranges from white to deep purple. Feast your eyes on photographs of the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-002:

Gentiana quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentianella quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-002:
Gentiana quinquefolia FAMILY Gentianaceae

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: forests, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Violet/ Purplish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

Inflorescence a cyme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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